Nairobi vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nairobi	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$760	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2089	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$262	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$619	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$281	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$399	$374
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	68	56
😀 Quality of life	59	57
🏙️ Population	5.55M	2.42M

The cost of living in Nairobi is 8% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6622nd and 6861st ($760 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 25th in Kenya and Brazil, respectively. Check Kenya vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Nairobi compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Nairobi ranked 1st best city to live in Kenya vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 5369th and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nairobi vs Salvador

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	Nairobi	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.45	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.6	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.64	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1080	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$418	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$20	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.1	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.8%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1743	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$998	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.56	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.33	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.36	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.08	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.6	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.14	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.17	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.3	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$187	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7984	$10392

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Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$589
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$408
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$500
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$541
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$638
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$561
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$483
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$522
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$490
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$602
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$605
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$498
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$580
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$562
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$625
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$545
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$646
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$698
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$558
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$502
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$552
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$486
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$594
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$650
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$613
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$771
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$648
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$573
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$518
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$801
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$648
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$413
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$651
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$648
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$585
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$479
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$785

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677